Friday, May 22, 2015

LOVE


How does one allow love to slip into his/her heart? I often wonder. I’m not sure if I allow love to be a part of my life. My truth is that love has to live with me, not I with it. The kind of love I am referring to is the affection for someone in an intimate, non-platonic, form. Intimate as in giving one’s self no hold bars, the kind of love that alter one’s logic, the kind of love that causes one to do something without asking or questioning, the kind of love that causes one not to care how long he/she knows someone before making love, the kind of love that causes one not to realize that he/she is sick, and the kind of love that causes one to be free.
Love, what is this specific kind of love?

Transparent



It’s been a few months since I posted, but I have been writing. I took some time away to actually find my voice. All writers know how important voice and tone are. I have been pondering around different ideas and topics. I don't want to be too personal, yet I want to be able to connect with others. Most of the time, I write from a dark place;  it’s my comfort zone. Becoming transparent is my goal. I'm inviting the world into my life.

I am ready to introduce the world to Tamara.

Little Brown Baby

LITTLE brown baby wif spa'klin' eyes,
Come to yo' pappy an' set on his knee.

What you been doin', suh -- makin' san' pies?
Look at dat bib -- you's ez du'ty ez me.

Look at dat mouf -- dat's merlasses, I bet;
Come hyeah, Maria, an' wipe off his han's.

Bees gwine to ketch you an' eat you up yit,
Bein' so sticky an sweet -- goodness lan's!


-Paul Laurence Dunbar